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- Polishing teeth is a common dental procedure wherein a polishing material is applied to a patient's teeth using an implement attached to the handpiece of a dental drill.
- the polishing implement commonly referred to as a prophy angle, is periodically tipped into a container of polishing material to collect on the tip of the implement some of this material. The tip of the implement with the material thereon is then brought to bear against a tooth of the patient.
- This invention has one or more features as discussed subsequently herein. After reading the following section entitled “DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ONE EMBODIMENT OF THIS INVENTION,” one will understand how the features of this invention provide its benefits.
- the benefits of this invention include, but are not limited to: convenience of use, improved ergonomics for the user polishing teeth, reduction of saliva flow for a drier working environment, improved patient comfort, more effective use of polishing material, reduction in the time to polish teeth, low cost, and disposability.
- this invention comprises a cup member that holds the polishing material and an attachment member such as a clip incorporated into the cup member that attaches to a suction tube, commonly referred to as a saliva ejector in a dental operatory.
- the suction tube is placed in the patient's mouth at the time of polishing.
- This invention saves time, decreases frustration of the user, typically a dental hygienist, and helps keep an ideal dry environment for the user while providing the service of polishing the patient's teeth. While the user polishes the patient's teeth excess saliva can be produced which can decrease the effect of the polish and increase patient discomfort caused by pooling saliva in the patient's mouth (it is best to polish in an dry environment so the polishing material can effectively remove soft plaque etc. and clean the tooth surface). When employing the conventional polishing method, the user has to stop several times to suction out the saliva to keep the mouth dry and the patient comfortable.
- This invention avoids stopping polishing in order to apply suction to keep the mouth dry. This enables the user to access to the polishing material while allowing suction to be used continuously so the mouth can stay dry, the patient can remain comfortable, and allows the user to save time and not be inconvenienced.
- the dental hygiene device of this invention includes a cup member with a compartment holding a tooth polishing material and an attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth.
- the compartment may hold a sufficient amount of polishing material to polish the teeth of essentially only a single patient.
- the device may be molded from a plastic.
- the cup member has an open top covered with a removable seal and a closed bottom.
- the attachment member may project outwardly from the closed bottom.
- the attachment member may comprise a pair of finger elements of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that, upon inserting the tube between the finger elements, the device is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth.
- the finger elements may be centrally located, are substantially parallel, and are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cup member.
- the finger elements may merge at a base member connected to the bottom and form an open bite having a substantially circular configuration having a diameter slightly less than a diameter of the suction tube.
- the finger elements may have inner edges tapering outward from the open bite to terminate at ends spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the suction tube.
- This invention also includes a method polishing teeth.
- a suction tube is placed into an open mouth of a patient, this tube having a dental hygiene device mounted on the tube nearby the open mouth and the dental hygiene device holds a tooth polishing material that is accessed periodically during polishing of the patient's teeth.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of one embodiment of the dental hygiene device of this invention.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1 A- 1 A of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the dental hygiene device of this invention taken along line 2 - 2 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3 - 3 of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating using the one embodiment of the dental hygiene device of this invention shown in FIGS. 1 through 3.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5 - 5 of FIG. 4.
- the dental hygiene device 10 includes a cup member 12 having an attachment member 14 that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube 16 (FIG. 4).
- This suction tube 16 the saliva ejector, is adapted to be inserted into the mouth M (FIG. 4) of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth T.
- the cup member 12 holds within an internal compartment 13 (FIG. 1A) a tooth polishing material 18 such as, for example, Nupro® prophylaxis paste manufactured by DENTSPLY Preventive Care of York Pa.
- This polishing material 18 is a moist paste comprising an abrasive material including solid particulates.
- the device 10 may be molded from a plastic such as, for example polypropylene, to form a unitary structure with the cup member 12 and the attachment member 14 integrated as a single piece.
- the compartment 13 is filled with a sufficient amount of polishing material 18 to polish the teeth T of essentially only a single patient.
- the compartment 13 has the capacity to hold from about 0.05 to about 0.1 cubic inches of the tooth polishing material 18 .
- This compartment 13 has an open top 13 a , a substantially cylindrical side wall 13 b , and a closed bottom 13 c .
- the open top 13 a has a substantially circular configuration and is at least partially encompassed by a rim 20 that projects outwardly from a side wall 13 b of the cup member 12 at an angle of about 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis X of the cup member 12 .
- a removable seal 22 shown partially removed, covers and seals the open top 13 a and prevent access to the polishing material 18 until the user is ready to polish a patent's teeth.
- This seal may be a thin foil material with an adhesive 24 (FIG. 2) between the rim and perimeter of the seal fixing the seal 20 to the rim 20 until removed.
- the attachment member 14 projects outwardly from the bottom wall 13 c of the cup member 12 and it may be in the form of a clip configured to grasp the suction tube 16 .
- the attachment member 14 may comprise a pair of fingers 14 a and 14 b .
- the fingers 14 a and 14 b are of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that upon inserting the suction tube 16 (FIG. 5) between the fingers the device 10 is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth with the fingers straddling and grasping the tube.
- the fingers 14 a and 14 b are centrally located, are substantially parallel, and are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis X of the cup member 12 .
- finger elements 14 a and 14 b merge at a base member 26 connected to the bottom wall 13 c and form an open bite 28 (FIG. 1) having a substantially circular configuration having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the suction tube 16 , for example, the diameter of the open bite 28 may be substantially about 0.25 inch.
- the fingers 14 a and 14 b each have inner edges E 1 and E 2 tapering outward from the open bite 28 to terminate at ends A and B spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the suction tube 16 .
- the inner edges each tapers outward from the bottom wall 13 c at an angle from about 1 to about 10° with respect to the longitudinal axis X of the cup member 12 .
- the device 10 is attached to the suction tube 16 and then detached and disposed of after using.
- an end 16 a of a suction tube 16 is placed into an open mouth M of a patient with an adjacent portion 16 b of the tube extending from the open mouth.
- the cup member 12 is positioned on the tube 16 to enable access to the tooth polishing material 18 during polishing of the patient's teeth.
- a conventional disposable polishing implement 30 connected to a conventional dental handpiece 32 of a dental drill (not shown) is used to apply the polishing material 18 from the cup member 12 to the teeth T.
- a suitable polishing implement 30 is sold by DENTSPLY Preventive Care of York Pa. identified as the prophy angle bearing the trademark Rite-Angle®.
- the patient's teeth T are polished while suction is concurrently being applied through the suction tube 16 to withdraw saliva from the patient's mouth.
- the polishing implement 30 is periodically inserted by the user into the tooth polishing material 18 to collect on the implement a portion of the material in the cup member 12 .
- the compartment 13 is essentially depleted of all the polishing material 18 and the device 10 is detached from the tube 16 and discarded.
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A dental hygiene device comprises a cup member including an attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth. The cup member holds a tooth polishing material that is accessed by a dental hygienist during polishing of a patient's teeth.
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- This application is a utility application based on U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/440,134, entitled “Prophy Cup Attachment,” filed Jan. 15, 2003. This related application is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this application. If any conflict arises between the disclosure of the invention in this utility application and that in the related provisional application, the disclosure in this utility application shall govern. Moreover, the inventor incorporates herein by reference any and all U.S. patents, U.S. patent applications, and other documents cited or referred to in this application or cited or referred to in the U.S. patents and U.S. patent applications incorporated herein by reference.
- The words “comprising,” “having,” “containing,” and “including,” and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items.
- Polishing teeth is a common dental procedure wherein a polishing material is applied to a patient's teeth using an implement attached to the handpiece of a dental drill. The polishing implement, commonly referred to as a prophy angle, is periodically tipped into a container of polishing material to collect on the tip of the implement some of this material. The tip of the implement with the material thereon is then brought to bear against a tooth of the patient.
- This invention has one or more features as discussed subsequently herein. After reading the following section entitled “DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ONE EMBODIMENT OF THIS INVENTION,” one will understand how the features of this invention provide its benefits. The benefits of this invention include, but are not limited to: convenience of use, improved ergonomics for the user polishing teeth, reduction of saliva flow for a drier working environment, improved patient comfort, more effective use of polishing material, reduction in the time to polish teeth, low cost, and disposability.
- Briefly, this invention comprises a cup member that holds the polishing material and an attachment member such as a clip incorporated into the cup member that attaches to a suction tube, commonly referred to as a saliva ejector in a dental operatory. The suction tube is placed in the patient's mouth at the time of polishing.
- This invention saves time, decreases frustration of the user, typically a dental hygienist, and helps keep an ideal dry environment for the user while providing the service of polishing the patient's teeth. While the user polishes the patient's teeth excess saliva can be produced which can decrease the effect of the polish and increase patient discomfort caused by pooling saliva in the patient's mouth (it is best to polish in an dry environment so the polishing material can effectively remove soft plaque etc. and clean the tooth surface). When employing the conventional polishing method, the user has to stop several times to suction out the saliva to keep the mouth dry and the patient comfortable. That means stopping the polishing procedure, putting down the polishing implement and the container of the polishing material, and picking up and placing the suction tube in the patient's mouth to remove the pooling saliva. This takes up time as well as gets messy for the patient and the user. This invention avoids stopping polishing in order to apply suction to keep the mouth dry. This enables the user to access to the polishing material while allowing suction to be used continuously so the mouth can stay dry, the patient can remain comfortable, and allows the user to save time and not be inconvenienced.
- Without limiting the scope of this invention as expressed by the claims that follow, some, but not necessarily all, of its features are:
- One, the dental hygiene device of this invention includes a cup member with a compartment holding a tooth polishing material and an attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth. The compartment may hold a sufficient amount of polishing material to polish the teeth of essentially only a single patient. The device may be molded from a plastic. The cup member has an open top covered with a removable seal and a closed bottom. The attachment member may project outwardly from the closed bottom.
- Two, the attachment member may comprise a pair of finger elements of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that, upon inserting the tube between the finger elements, the device is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth. The finger elements may be centrally located, are substantially parallel, and are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cup member. The finger elements may merge at a base member connected to the bottom and form an open bite having a substantially circular configuration having a diameter slightly less than a diameter of the suction tube. The finger elements may have inner edges tapering outward from the open bite to terminate at ends spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the suction tube.
- These features are not listed in any rank order nor is this list intended to be exhaustive.
- This invention also includes a method polishing teeth. In accordance with the method of this invention a suction tube is placed into an open mouth of a patient, this tube having a dental hygiene device mounted on the tube nearby the open mouth and the dental hygiene device holds a tooth polishing material that is accessed periodically during polishing of the patient's teeth.
- One embodiment of this invention, illustrating all its features, will now be discussed in detail. This embodiment depicts the novel and non-obvious dental hygiene device and teeth polishing method of this invention as shown in the accompanying drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only. This drawing includes the following figures (Figures), with like numerals indicating like parts:
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of one embodiment of the dental hygiene device of this invention.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view taken along line1A-1A of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the dental hygiene device of this invention taken along line2-2 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line3-3 of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating using the one embodiment of the dental hygiene device of this invention shown in FIGS. 1 through 3.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line5-5 of FIG. 4.
- As depicted in FIGS. 1 through 3, one embodiment of this invention, the
dental hygiene device 10, includes acup member 12 having anattachment member 14 that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube 16 (FIG. 4). Thissuction tube 16, the saliva ejector, is adapted to be inserted into the mouth M (FIG. 4) of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth T. Thecup member 12 holds within an internal compartment 13 (FIG. 1A) atooth polishing material 18 such as, for example, Nupro® prophylaxis paste manufactured by DENTSPLY Preventive Care of York Pa. Thispolishing material 18 is a moist paste comprising an abrasive material including solid particulates. Thedevice 10 may be molded from a plastic such as, for example polypropylene, to form a unitary structure with thecup member 12 and theattachment member 14 integrated as a single piece. - The compartment13 is filled with a sufficient amount of polishing
material 18 to polish the teeth T of essentially only a single patient. For example, in the embodiment illustrated the compartment 13 has the capacity to hold from about 0.05 to about 0.1 cubic inches of thetooth polishing material 18. This compartment 13 has an open top 13 a, a substantiallycylindrical side wall 13 b, and a closed bottom 13 c. The open top 13 a has a substantially circular configuration and is at least partially encompassed by arim 20 that projects outwardly from aside wall 13 b of thecup member 12 at an angle of about 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis X of thecup member 12. Aremovable seal 22, shown partially removed, covers and seals the open top 13 a and prevent access to thepolishing material 18 until the user is ready to polish a patent's teeth. This seal may be a thin foil material with an adhesive 24 (FIG. 2) between the rim and perimeter of the seal fixing theseal 20 to therim 20 until removed. - The
attachment member 14 projects outwardly from the bottom wall 13 c of thecup member 12 and it may be in the form of a clip configured to grasp thesuction tube 16. Theattachment member 14 may comprise a pair offingers 14 a and 14 b. Thefingers 14 a and 14 b are of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that upon inserting the suction tube 16 (FIG. 5) between the fingers thedevice 10 is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth with the fingers straddling and grasping the tube. Thefingers 14 a and 14 b are centrally located, are substantially parallel, and are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis X of thecup member 12. Thesefinger elements 14 a and 14 b merge at abase member 26 connected to the bottom wall 13 c and form an open bite 28 (FIG. 1) having a substantially circular configuration having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of thesuction tube 16, for example, the diameter of the open bite 28 may be substantially about 0.25 inch. Thefingers 14 a and 14 b each have inner edges E1 and E2 tapering outward from the open bite 28 to terminate at ends A and B spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of thesuction tube 16. The inner edges each tapers outward from the bottom wall 13 c at an angle from about 1 to about 10° with respect to the longitudinal axis X of thecup member 12. - In accordance with the teeth polishing method of this invention the
device 10 is attached to thesuction tube 16 and then detached and disposed of after using. As best illustrated in FIG. 5, an end 16 a of asuction tube 16 is placed into an open mouth M of a patient with an adjacent portion 16 b of the tube extending from the open mouth. With thedevice 10 mounted on the adjacent portion 16 b of thetube 16 by theattachment member 14, thecup member 12 is positioned on thetube 16 to enable access to thetooth polishing material 18 during polishing of the patient's teeth. A conventional disposable polishing implement 30 connected to a conventionaldental handpiece 32 of a dental drill (not shown) is used to apply the polishingmaterial 18 from thecup member 12 to the teeth T. A suitable polishing implement 30 is sold by DENTSPLY Preventive Care of York Pa. identified as the prophy angle bearing the trademark Rite-Angle®. The patient's teeth T are polished while suction is concurrently being applied through thesuction tube 16 to withdraw saliva from the patient's mouth. The polishing implement 30 is periodically inserted by the user into thetooth polishing material 18 to collect on the implement a portion of the material in thecup member 12. When all the patient's teeth are polished, the compartment 13 is essentially depleted of all the polishingmaterial 18 and thedevice 10 is detached from thetube 16 and discarded. - The above presents a description of the best mode contemplated of carrying out the present invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use this invention. This invention is, however, susceptible to modifications and alternate constructions from that discussed above which are fully equivalent. Consequently, it is not the intention to limit this invention to the particular embodiment disclosed. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications and alternate constructions coming within the spirit and scope of the invention as generally expressed by the following claims, which particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter of the invention:
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1. A dental hygiene device comprising
a cup member holding a tooth polishing material,
said cup member having a bottom including an outwardly projecting attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth.
2. The dental hygiene device of claim 1 where the device is molded from a plastic.
3. The dental hygiene device of claim 1 where the attachment member comprises a pair of fingers of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that upon inserting the tube between the fingers the device is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth.
4. The dental hygiene device of claim 1 where the cup member has an open top covered with a removable seal.
5. The dental hygiene device of claim 1 where the cup member has a compartment with an open top, said compartment having the capacity to hold from 0.05 to 0.1 cubic inches of the tooth polishing material.
6. The dental hygiene device of claim 5 where the polishing material is a paste comprising an abrasive material including solid particulates.
7. A dental hygiene device comprising
a substantially cylindrical cup member holding a tooth polishing material,
said cup member having a compartment with an open top and a closed bottom having an exterior surface from which project a pair of finger elements configured to grasp a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth,
said compartment being filled with a sufficient amount of polishing material to polish the teeth of essentially only a single patient, and
a removable seal member covering the open top of the compartment to retain the polishing material in the device until said seal member is removed.
8. The dental hygiene device of claim 7 where the open top of the cup member has a substantially circular configuration and is at least partially encompassed by a rim that projects outwardly from a side of the cup member.
9. The dental hygiene device of claim 7 where the compartment has the capacity to hold from 0.05 to 0.1 cubic inches of the tooth polishing material.
10. A dental hygiene device molded from a plastic and comprising
a cup member holding a sufficient amount of polishing material to polish the teeth of essentially only a single patient,
said cup member having an open top and a closed bottom including an outwardly projecting attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth, and
a removable seal member covering the open top to retain the polishing material in the cup member until the seal member is removed.
11. The dental hygiene device of claim 10 where the attachment member comprises a pair of finger elements of sufficient length and spaced apart a predetermined distance so that upon inserting the tube between the finger elements the device is held securely to the tube during polishing of the patient's teeth.
12. The dental hygiene device of claim 11 where
the finger elements are centrally located, are substantially parallel, and are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cup member,
said finger elements merging at a base member connected to the bottom and forming an open bite having a substantially circular configuration having a diameter slightly less than a diameter of the suction tube,
said finger elements having inner edges tapering outward from the open bite to terminate at ends spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the suction tube.
13. The dental hygiene device of claim 12 where the cup member has a compartment with an open top, said compartment having the capacity to hold from 0.05 to 0.1 cubic inches of the tooth polishing material.
14. A dental hygiene device comprising
a cup member adapted to hold a tooth polishing material,
said cup member having a closed bottom including an outwardly projecting attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth.
15. A dental hygiene device molded from a plastic material and comprising
a cup member having a substantially hollow cylindrical configuration with an open top, a closed bottom wall, and a side wall connecting the top and bottom wall,
said bottom wall having an exterior surface from which projects a pair of substantially parallel finger elements that are centrally located and are substantially parallel to and straddle a longitudinal axis of the cup member,
said finger elements merging at a base member connected to the exterior surface and forming an open bite having a substantially circular configuration with a diameter slightly less than a diameter of a suction tube adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a patient during polishing of the patient's teeth,
said finger elements having inner edges tapering outward from the open bite to terminate at ends spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the suction tube.
16. The dental hygiene device of claim 15 where the inner edges each tapers outward from the bottom wall at an angle from 1 to 10 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cup member.
17. The dental hygiene device of claim 15 where the diameter of the open bite is substantially 0.25 inch.
18. A method of polishing teeth comprising
(a) placing an end of a suction tube into an open mouth of a patient with an adjacent portion of the tube extending from the open mouth,
(b) mounting on the adjacent portion of the tube a dental hygiene device including an attachment member that enables the device to be attached and detached to the suction tube and a cup member holding a tooth polishing material, said device positioned on the tube to enable access to the tooth polishing material during polishing of the patient's teeth, and
(c) polishing the patient's teeth using a polishing implement connected to a tip of a dental handpiece while suction is concurrently being applied through said tube to withdraw saliva from the patient's mouth, said polishing implement being periodically inserted into the tooth polishing material to collect on the implement a portion of the material in the cup.
19. The method of claim 18 where the attachment member is substantially in the form of a clip member.
20. A method of polishing teeth where a suction tube is placed into an open mouth of a patient, said tube having a dental hygiene device mounted on the tube nearby the open mouth, said dental hygiene device holding a tooth polishing material that is accessed periodically during polishing of the patient's teeth.
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